Bracket



`March 31, 1936. J, PUDUNER I 2,035,568

BRACKET Filed April 2, 1934 www www 5 Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRACKET Application April 2, 1934, Serial No. 718,695

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved bracket for securing fixtures of various kinds to a. supporting structure. More specifically the present invention relates to brackets for securing bath room fixtures of various kinds or the like to the walls of the room, though it may be used fo many other purposes.

In Patent Number 1,897,913, a bracket is disclosed for securing bath room or other fixtures to plastered or similar walls, which bracket can be used to attach towel bars, tumbler holders, soap dishes and the like to walls. While said arrangement is satisfactory under ordinary circumstances, it does not provide for supporting the weight of the fixture largely independently of the fastening means. The present invention constitutes an improvement on said patent by providing the bracket with a relatively wide boss presenting a large bearing area to a relatively large area formed on a portionfof the bracket with which it contacts. In this way any load on the fixture is distributed over a large area on the bracket, and use can be made of the enlarged area of the bracket boss to relatively widely space the fastening devices that are applied from the end thereof so that the fastening device can exert its holding power at widely spaced points and at parts of the wall that are unaiected by the entry of fasteners at closely spaced points. A rigid mounting of the bracket is thus obtained.

It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to devise a bracket of the above mentioned character that will provide a rigid support for a fixture by means of widely spaced fastening elements and that will at the same time permit ready interchangeability of fixtures.

A further major object of the present invention resides in the provision of a securing bracket that will permit a more substantial association with a supporting structure with a fixture and that will at the same time appear to present a unitary construction when associated with the fixture.

A further object of the present invention resides in the provision of a bracket which has surfaces formed to match with surfaces on the fixture to prevent rotation of the fixture relative to the bracket.

A further object of the present invention resides in the provision of a securing bracket which presents a wide base area for contact with the fixture.

Still further objects of the present invention will appear from the following description and appended claims when studied in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view of the bracket in its final assembled position with a soap dish attached thereto, the wall being shown in section.

-Figure 2 is a front elevational view, of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3h3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view taken from the rear of the soap dish illustrated in Figure 1 showing the fiattened end provided on the integral shank formed on the fixture.

Figure 5 is a front view of the bracket with the soap dish removed in order to show the arrangement of the several apertures.

With reference to the drawing, the numeral Il designates generally the bracket, forming the present invention, said bracket is secured to a wall il in a manner to be hereinafter described and is adapted to receive a bath room or other fixture sucheas soap dish I2.

Bracket I0, formed by casting or in any other suitable manner, is provided with an enlarged base I3 and an elongated outwardly projecting slightly tapering boss I4. VBase I3 is furthermore provided with sloping marginal edges I5 which are adapted to lie in intimate contact with the plaster or other material I6 forming the wall surface. Boss I4 is provided with a pair of apertures Il and a further aperture i I8 between apertures Il. These apertures Il and I8 extend completely through bracket I at its thickest portion.

The walls of apertures Il are of less diameter adjacent wall II providing inclined shoulders I9 to engage the tapering heads 22 of wood screws 23. The Shanks 24 of screws 23 project through the smaller apertures 25 beyond shoulders I9 and are secured to a wooden or similar support 26 forming a part of the plastered Wall of the building. When screws 23 are drawn to their final position the edges 21 of the sloping sides I of bracket Ill will be drawn tightly against surface I6 and bracket I0 will be rigidly secured upon wall I I. In addition to 'drawing the bracket Ill tightly against Wall Il the screws 23 will prevent rotation of the bracket I D since they are secured to the wall 2B in relatively widely spaced relation. Although bracket I0 has been described as being secured to a wall I I, it will be clear that the bracket may be secured to any desired support by suitable fastening means inserted through apertures I1.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated `in the drawing, the walls of apertures I8 are formed to provide a non-circular aperture 33 adjacent the wall. Aperture 33 receives a complementarily formed non-circular extremity 34 of shank 32 to prevent the rotation of the xture associated with the bracket III.

The xture such as soap dish I2 is furthermore provided with a portion 35 having an outer surface matching exactly the outer surface of boss I4 of bracket I0 so that when the fixture is in its final assembled position no line of demarcation between bracket and xture is apparent. It will be readily appreciated from an inspection of Figure 2 that, when the portion 35 is in its final assembled relation with respect to boss I4,l the apertures II and I8 Will be completely concealed and a smooth and uninterrupted finished surface will meet the eye. Y

In order that the soap dish I2 may beretained against axial removal from aperture I8 the boss I4 on its lower unexposedv side is suitably tapped at 36 to receivea set screw 31 which is adapted to pass through lower aperture I'I and threaded aperture 38 into contact with shank 32 of the fixture. The set screw is invisible in View of the fact that it is applied from the under side of boss I4.

Although in the preferred embodiment of the invention the bracket I is shown having a six sided base and an elongated oval boss I 4 for re- -ceiving the fastening means and the shank of the fixture, it is to be understood that the 'invention may be embodied in other shapes and contours. y

The invention may be embodied in other specific -forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A bath room or similar fixture, comprising a bracket part and a fixture part, said bracket part having a plate-like base and a narrow elongated boss projecting substantially away from said base, a pair of fastener receiving apertures passing through said base in a direction normal to said base to non-rotatively secure theV bracket part to a wall, said apertures opening within said boss, a non-circular recess formed in said bracket from the end of said boss, said fixture part having a non-circular shank tting into said recess and a surrounding portion covering the end of said boss and said apertures, said fixture part having an external surface matching the external surface of said boss at the line of juncture between the bracket and fixture parts, and a set screw passing through a wall of said boss and engaging said non-circular shank to maintain the bracket and. fixture Yparts in assembled relation.

2. A bath room or similar fixture, comprising a bracket part and a fixture part, said bracket part having a plate-like base and a narrow elongated boss projecting away from said base, a pair of fastener receiving apertures passing through said base in a direction normal to said base to non-rotatively secure said bracket part to a wall, a recess formed in said boss from the end thereof, said recess having non-circular Wall portions, said fixture part having a protruding shank slidably and non-rotatively disposed in said recess and having aportion in engagement with the end of said boss, said fixture part having exterior surfaces formed to match the external surfaces of said boss at the line of juncture between said bracket and fixture parts to present a smooth uninterrupted connection between the base of the bracket and the boss within which the bracket securing means are concealed.

JOHN PUDLINER. 

